Partners

The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce is a partner in the Age Friendly Manitoba Initiative along with the following organizations: 

·         Association of Manitoba Municipalities

·         University of Manitoba Centre on Aging

·         Manitoba Chambers of Commerce

·         Seniors Organizations

o    Creative Retirement Manitoba

o    Manitoba Society of Seniors

o    Age & Opportunity

o    The Active Living Coalition for Older Adults (ALCOA)

o    The Manitoba Association of Multi-Purpose Senior Centres (MAMPSC)

o    The Aboriginal Seniors Resource Centre

Other Age Friendly Initiatives

Around the world, there are many other age friendly initiatives.  Information can found at their respective Web sites: 

Age Friendly New York

www.agefriendlynyc.org

Age-Friendly Melbourne http://agefriendlycommunities.org/attachments/053_Melbourne,%20Australia.pdf

Resources and Guides

Further information on age friendly initiatives and strategies can be found in the following resource guides, reports and documents:

·         Age Friendly Manitoba - Creating communities committed to healthy, active aging
(pdf 793 kb)

·         Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communities: A Guide (pdf 684 kb)

·         Global Age-Friendly Cities: A Guide (pdf 1,531 kb)

o    Checklist of Essential Features of Age-friendly Cities (pdf 221 kb

·         Age-friendly Primary Health Care (PHC) Centres Toolkit (pdf 223)

·         Towards An Age Friendly New York City http://www.nyam.org/initiatives/docs/AgeFriendly.pdf